January 2016 US Talent Market Monthly

The U.S. labor market ended the year with a robust performance, adding 292,000 jobs in December. With revisions to the previous two months’ employment gains totaling 50,000, employers added an average of 284,000 workers to their payrolls in the last quarter of 2015. For the full year, monthly U.S. job growth averaged 221,000—less than the 260,000 per month gains seen in 2014,but higher than any other year since 1999.